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Fortis Healthcare Ltd on Wednesday reported a 40 per cent jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 87.03 crore in the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2022. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 62.36 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal, Fortis Healthcare said in a regulatory filing. Consolidated revenue from operations during the quarter under review stood at Rs 1,378.1 crore as against Rs 1,252,44 crore in the year-ago period, it added. Total expenses in the fourth quarter were higher at Rs 1,264.17 crore as compared to Rs 1,167.29 crore in the corresponding period a year ago. Fortis said it witnessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first half of the quarter with occupancies witnessing a downturn. However, given the lesser severity of COVID and low hospitalisations, the business saw recovery towards the end of February and operations returned to normal in the month of March. While January saw an occupancy of 54 per cent, March witnessed a reb
Capital markets regulator Sebi has imposed penalties totalling Rs 38.75 crore on 32 entities, including Fortis Healthcare Holdings, in a case related to diversion of funds of Fortis Healthcare Ltd (FHL) and misrepresentations to conceal the fraud. The matter goes way back to 2018 when a media report came out that the promoters of the listed FHL had allegedly taken massive funds out of the listed company. It had also pointed out that Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP, the statutory auditor of FHL, had refused to sign on the company's second quarter results until the funds were accounted for. Subsequently, the regulator had initiated an investigation into the matter to examine possible violation of the provisions of the PFUTP (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices). It conducted a probe into the matter of grant of Inter-Corporate Deposits (ICDs) to three borrower companies -- Best Healthcare Private Limited, Fern Healthcare Private Limited, and Modland Wears Private ...